Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan August 20, 2023, in this photo released by Kyodo.  Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS
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PM Kishida to meet fishermen's group over Fukushima water

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to meet with the head of a fishermen's group on Monday afternoon, a day after he visited the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant.

A decision is expected soon on when to start releasing water from the plant and Kishida had been expected to meet with senior members of organisations representing fishermen to assert the safety of the treated water.

(Reporting by Elaine Lies; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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